Hmmm... OK, fair enough on that score. In that case I have a related issue.
When you specify the position of the text using a local placement / axis placement / cartesian point, that includes a Z value. I can't tell in Revit where it's actually placed in terms of Z as it is only visible in plan view, so it is possible to say whether that specified Z value is honoured?
My reason for asking (and for wanting to be able to set transparency via IFC) is that when I tried using a considerably negative Z value to (theoretically) lower the text with respect to the model (which was at a Z value 0 and higher), the background area surrounding the text (which is matched to the background colour by default) still overlapped and thus partly obscured the model. Either the Z is being ignored, or layering of annotations isn't working as expected (unless annotations are designed to always appear on top... in which case not much we can do here).
One final question related to this - is there any way through IFC to get that annotation to show in views other than plan? The 3D view would be preferred. I can't seem to find anything, so I'm guessing this one is a No.
